furious

[ fyoor-ee-uhs ]

adjective

1. full of fury, violent passion, or rage; extremely angry; enraged:

   He was furious about the accident.

2. intensely violent, as wind or storms.
3. of unrestrained energy, speed, etc.:

   furious activity.

furious

/ ˈfjʊərɪəs /

adjective

1. extremely angry or annoyed; raging
2. violent, wild, or unrestrained, as in speed, vigour, energy, etc

Derived Forms

• ˈfuriousness, noun
• ˈfuriously, adverb

Other Words From

• fu·ri·ous·ly adverb
• fu·ri·ous·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of furious¹

First recorded in 1300–50; a Middle English word from the Latin word furiōsus; fury, -ous

Idioms and Phrases

see fast and furious .

Example Sentences

I am furious, but I have no regrets.

From Salon

Jehovah's Witnesses reject homosexuality and Evans - the Welsh actor whose films include Beauty and the Beast, The Hobbit, and Fast & Furious 6 - understood he would be expelled from the community if he came out, with implications for his family too.

From BBC

Barr has said that when he told Trump that there was no evidence of election fraud, Trump became furious with him.

From Los Angeles Times

Audiard explains, “There were two levels of reality. There’s Jessi in her bedroom, and then, very suddenly, we go elsewhere. The name that we had for this sequence among ourselves was Dark Ideas, i.e., Jessi’s Dark Ideas. You have this girl talking, and suddenly she goes into her subconscious, and her subconscious is wild and furious.”

From Los Angeles Times

They are fanning out across Orange and Riverside counties where Republicans and Democrats are in a furious battle for key seats in the House.

From Los Angeles Times

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• vehement
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